Post by John Davidson on Mar 10, 2009 13:14:39 GMT -5
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So we all saw it, or most of us at least. Colton Orr lines up against Joel Rechlicz on Thursday. It's Wrecker's first NHL game and most of us believe that Orr is going to school him. Well I talked to Joel tonight and asked him about the whole incident and here's his side of the story:
From there they exchange stick jabs and a slash or two and the skate away. Orr goes on to rock Joe Callahan, incidentally hurting his shoulder on the play. Rechlicz goes on to throw a hit along the boards. They never see the ice together again.
So I told Joel that I was a little worried about him getting into it with Orr on his first night in the bigs and I said that I know he fights with an open style, and how Orr could easily exploit that.
Rechlicz response: "I know, and as much as I wanted to go I knew I had to be careful with him. I wasn't going to fight him straight up. I was going to do a lot of holding on and trying to keep him close. Look, I'll fight anyone and I'll do anything to stay up here and if I could go with Orr and keep it close, then so be it."
So there you have it. He admits that Orr is out of his league and that he would have liked to get a few heavy's out of the way here in the AHl before he moved onto guys like Orr but the Isles gave him the call and he was going to do whatever it took to stay on the Island.
So you look at this a few ways, Orr turned him down flat out. But Rechlicz knew coming in that he was going to have a hard time with him. He flat out admitted that, but he said he was willing and would do whatever it took. He also said that he's looking for a fight every night. It's the only way he can "practice." He said he would love to fight Riley Cote and I asked him about a guy like Carcillo and he said if he's willing, then let's do it.
So we all saw it, or most of us at least. Colton Orr lines up against Joel Rechlicz on Thursday. It's Wrecker's first NHL game and most of us believe that Orr is going to school him. Well I talked to Joel tonight and asked him about the whole incident and here's his side of the story:
Quote:
Rechlicz:"So I line up and I come right out with it."
"Colton, let's go"
Orr: "Not tonight"
Rechlicz: "C'mon let's go, then I give him a little stick to the shins"
Orr: "You're going to need a few more fight's in the NHL before I go with you"
Rechlicz: "Hey, I gotta start somewhere"
Orr: "Yeah, well it's not going to be tonight"
Rechlicz:"So I line up and I come right out with it."
"Colton, let's go"
Orr: "Not tonight"
Rechlicz: "C'mon let's go, then I give him a little stick to the shins"
Orr: "You're going to need a few more fight's in the NHL before I go with you"
Rechlicz: "Hey, I gotta start somewhere"
Orr: "Yeah, well it's not going to be tonight"
From there they exchange stick jabs and a slash or two and the skate away. Orr goes on to rock Joe Callahan, incidentally hurting his shoulder on the play. Rechlicz goes on to throw a hit along the boards. They never see the ice together again.
So I told Joel that I was a little worried about him getting into it with Orr on his first night in the bigs and I said that I know he fights with an open style, and how Orr could easily exploit that.
Rechlicz response: "I know, and as much as I wanted to go I knew I had to be careful with him. I wasn't going to fight him straight up. I was going to do a lot of holding on and trying to keep him close. Look, I'll fight anyone and I'll do anything to stay up here and if I could go with Orr and keep it close, then so be it."
So there you have it. He admits that Orr is out of his league and that he would have liked to get a few heavy's out of the way here in the AHl before he moved onto guys like Orr but the Isles gave him the call and he was going to do whatever it took to stay on the Island.
So you look at this a few ways, Orr turned him down flat out. But Rechlicz knew coming in that he was going to have a hard time with him. He flat out admitted that, but he said he was willing and would do whatever it took. He also said that he's looking for a fight every night. It's the only way he can "practice." He said he would love to fight Riley Cote and I asked him about a guy like Carcillo and he said if he's willing, then let's do it.